The three most important people that stood out to me this semester were Frederick the great, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Horatio Nelson. Frederick the great was born in Berlin on 24th of January 1712, he was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. Frederick was most importantly known during the seven years of war because at the time he was his enemies were habsburg austria and bourbon france and his allies were great britain with his uncle as king, as neighboring countries around him began conspiring against frederick he wanted to strike at them before they had a chance to attack. With his well prepared army he invaded saxony thus beginning the seven years war lasting from (1756-1763). Later in 1757 he invaded Austria Bohemia although it looked promising …show more content…
Even though he suffered these losses by 1772 Frederick had managed to bring his army up to 190,000 men making him the 3rd largest army in Europe at the time. I see that event important because it helped him transform prussia into a major power and build up a government bureaucracy, in which he then continued to reform the legal system as well as building up an infrastructure. Frederick was very tolerant towards other religion and considered himself servant of the state. Next comes Napoleon Bonaparte, born on 15 August 1769. Napoleon started the Napoleonic wars to conquest as well as make france a great power during the french empire’s global conflict against an array of European powers he was financed by Great Britain, with Napoleon's great influence French power rose quickly as the armies of Napoleon conquered much of Europe. Napoleon fought about 60 battles and lost seven, most of his lost battles were at the end of his reign. The great French dominion collapsed rapidly after the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 during the